Centaurea calcitrapa: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: Centaurea calcitrapa
Scientific Name: Centaurea calcitrapa

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Centaurea calcitrapa

Centaurea calcitrapa is a species of flowering plant known by several common names, including common star thistle, red star-thistle and purple star thistle. It is native to Europe but is known across the globe as an introduced species and often a noxious weed. The species name calcitrapa comes from the word caltrop, a type of weapon covered in sharp spikes.

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Centaurea calcitrapa in languages:

Afrikaans: sterdissel
Catalan: Card vermell
Czech: chrpa sikavice
Dutch: Kalketrip
English: purple star-thistle
English: Red Star-thistle
English: Star Thistle
English: purple knapweed
Finnish: piikkikaunokki
French: Centaurée chausse-trappe
German: Fußangel-Flockenblume
Hungarian: úti imola
Italian: fiordaliso stellato
Japanese: ムラサキイガヤグルマギク
Portuguese: Lóio-estrelado
Portuguese: cardo-estrelado
Russian: Василёк колючеголовый
Swedish: tistelklint
Ukrainian: Волошка колючоголова

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Centaurea calcitrapa: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Centaurea calcitrapa

Centaurea calcitrapa in languages:

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Centaurea calcitrapa: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Centaurea calcitrapa

Centaurea calcitrapa in languages:

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Parent Taxon

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